Elementary Thinking For The 21st Century [Hardcover]

The book delves into a unique mix of the following areas: 1. The psychology of learning, memory, and thinking 2. Tools for critical thinking and assessment 3. Collective thinking of groups, corporations, and the public 4. Measurement of attitudes and market research 5. Mathematical logic and computer programming 6. Planning and scheduling techniques 7. Optimization techniques (both linear and non-linear) 8. World's first finite element method (FEM) models of distribution, inventory, and traffic flow systems and optimization of them 9. Mohr's flow ratio design (FRD) optimization technique 10. Econometric modeling techniques (some of them new) The book is the most modern, technically resourced, and innovative study of thinking to date and will prove useful to a wide range of people, including managers, planners, engineers, scientists, teachers, psychologists, and politicians.